Reading First kindergarten classroom instruction and students' growth in phonological awareness and letter naming-decoding fluency

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 281-314

  Al Otaiba, Stephanie ^a   Connor, Carol ^a   Lane, Holly ^b   Kosanovich, Marcia L ^a   Schatschneider, Chris ^a   Dyrlund, Allison K ^a   Miller, Melissa S ^b   Wright, Tyran L ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

At risk beginning reader; Classroom reading instruction; High poverty schools; Kindergarten; Reading First

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT;

AWARENESS; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; READING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 41149100169     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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